After doing a Discipleship Training School with Youth with a Mission, I still felt unprepared to enter into the world of missions on my own. My hunger for wanting to…
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5 Types of Missionary Training Programs
Do you feel called to missions but you don’t know where to start? It can be hard to determine which missionary training program is right for you. There are five missionary…
Gear That Missionaries Have To Have Before They Go
Part of the Great Commission is not only to make disciples but to ‘go into the nations’. However, in this process of going, do we have to be uncomfortable? I…
8 Ways Missionaries Make Money Overseas
You may be asking the question, how do missionaries make money on the mission field? One of the toughest mountains missionaries face is finances. Many people are overwhelmed by the…
Business As Mission: How Entrepreneurship Can Open Doors For the Gospel
In the year 2050, it is said that more than 66% of the world population will be living in an urban city. Unfortunately, as more people from underdeveloped areas move…
Is Missionary Work Safe? And 7 Other Questions Parents Often Ask Us
How long does my child need to be on the mission field? Will they be able to call me in a foreign country? Should I be supportive of them? How…
Marriage & Missions: The Pros and Cons of Going Overseas as a Single or Married Couple
If God loves the partnership of marriage and missions so much, why would He call me to be a missionary when I have the desire to be married and I’m…
Experiences in the DR: Loving the Discouraged and Restless
Hey, I’m Caylor. I’ve come to realize one amazing truth: You are always able to make an impact on the lives of those around you. BGU sent me to the…
How to Hear God’s Voice
I’ve come to find that one of the most important things we can learn as Christians, but especially as missionaries, is how to hear God’s voice. I don’t know about…
Singleness as a Blessing — Don’t Waste Your Singleness
I’ve only been in college two months, but the jokes have already started: “Have you found Mr. Right yet,” “Are you going to get that ring before Spring?” At only…
4 Reasons Missionaries Quit and How BGU’s Global Internship Helps Overcome Them
Many missionaries, in spite of the best of intentions, come home prematurely from the mission field, and as Jonathan Lewis explains, there are multiple reasons for “attrition being in its…
Is the World Race Effective in Preparing You for Long-Term Missions?
I heard Thavry’s story the last day I was at the orphanage. Through broken English, our translator told the story of a nine-year-old girl who had stolen my heart. My…